Is this a normal reaction to laser hair removal? 3 days post op. (photos)

February 5, 2018
Asked By:alex971 in Melbourne, FL

I have had 1 session of laser hair removal and after about 3 days the areas I had treated came up in hives/lumps and are very itchy The swelling of the lumps has gone down now but are still very red and look like ingrown hairs

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